Mac-less existence.
- Tue Sep 12 2006
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Apple’s MacBook seems to be going through some teething problems. Users have reported palmrest discolouration issues, random shutdowns, and Airport-related kernel panics. The MacBook I’ve had for a month and a half has been afflicted with all three. It’s only randomly shut down once, luckily. The discoloration isn’t all that bad. But the kernel panics… I have to have Airport turned off at work, otherwise it’ll crash within the hour. Any other wireless network works just fine.
But strike four started up a few days ago. The backlight flickers. It’s as if someone’s dancing on the brightness up/down keys. Really quite annoying.
So I called AppleCare yesterday and, after being on hold for about an hour, found that they’re going to have me send it in for repair. Alas, I’ll be suffering a Mac-less existence in a week.
3 Responses to “Mac-less existence.”
Wed Sep 13 2006
3:57 pm
That’s like losing an arm.
Thu Sep 21 2006
8:33 am
[...] Now that my MacBook has been shipped back to Apple, I don’t have music to listen to at work other than what I have on CD here. Most of the CDs I have here fall into one of two categories: IDM or mix CDs. I’m a little tired of IDM at the moment and want a little more variety than what most of those offer, so I’ve started listening to my mix CDs again. And I’ve forgotten how good some of them are. [...]
Thu Sep 28 2006
8:46 am
[...] After being in Memphis for the past week and a half, I got my MacBook back yesterday. The backlight hasn’t flickered yet, so I assume they fixed whatever needed fixing. Luckily, the service details sheet sent along with my MacBook says they replaced the “APP-630-7253 PCB MLB, 2.0GHZ DC, SMS/ST”. Hurray for a new APP-630-7253 PCB MLB! previous entry [...]
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